Ireland in the "wind blowing rice waves" period has just gained self-government. Ireland is a constitutional monarchy, and the monarch is the king of the United Kingdom.
In 1949, Ireland abolished the monarchy and broke away from the actual and nominal rule of the British king. The Irish Constitution prior to 1999 clearly stated that Northern Ireland was an integral part of the Republic of Ireland...
The relevant provisions were repealed in 1999.
Did Damian pray for complete Irish independence? Decades of reality, is the sorrow of a small country, is the sorrow of Damian?
Even asked, completely independent, so what? The system is not good, and the people are not the same as being oppressed by new forces?
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